Student Vax Incentive program names Week 2 winners

Bernadette Donato, a Hospitality Management major, is the second winner of a $1,000 prize in the Student Vaccination Incentive Program.

She received her check from from Shane Winslow, President of the Cincinnati State Student Government Association, on Oct. 13.

Bernadette said, “I got vaccinated to save myself and others– it’s important!”

As of Oct. 13, over 600 Fall Semester students have entered the Incentive Program, and a total of 21 students have reported receiving their initial dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

(See the list of $100 prize winners below.)

Faculty members are encouraged to post information about the Vaccination Incentive Program in your Blackboard course.

• Details about the program, including how to enter, receive gift cards, and qualify for the weekly prize drawing, are available at https://www.cincinnatistate.edu/vax-incentive.
   
• Fully vaccinated students fill out an eForm to enter the prize drawing. (The form is viewable only to students who are logged into MyCState/MyServices.)
• Each Wednesday during Fall Semester, 10 prizes of $100 and 1 prize of $1,000 are awarded to students entered into the drawing.
• The grand prize drawing for $10,000 will take place Dec. 15.
• Another on-campus clinic is being scheduled, where technicians from Walgreen’s will provide the first or second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
• Students also may receive the vaccine from any authorized provider and bring their vaccination card to Clifton or Middletown campus to receive a $25 gift card. 
• Plans for an Employee Vaccination Incentive Program will be announced soon.

Students who received $100 prizes in the Oct. 13 drawing are:

Jason Bohrer – Mechanical Engineering Technology – “Coming from the medical field previously, I understand how vaccinations work, why they are necessary, and the effect they can have for the greater good of the population. Also, I have many elderly family members, and I got vaccinated out of respect for them.”
 
Brittney Fryer – Medical Assistant Certificate/Health Science Technology
 
Tyler Clark Gwinn – Nursing
 
Carmailia Harris – Nursing/Medical Assistant Certificate
 
Shannon Helton – Associate of Science/Diagnostic Medical Sonography
 
Quavi Ogbar – Associate of Arts – “I appreciate Cincinnati State’s generous incentive for students who do their part to bring an end to this pandemic. Thank you!”
 
Jayda Phillips – Associate of Arts – (Photo below with Shane Winslow) “I have always felt it is my job to care for and protect those around me. I want to keep my friends and family safe!”
 
Bushra Saleem – Nursing

Tyler Townsend – Culinary/Hospitality Management – “My family is my biggest support system! My father and my 7-year-old twins are the reason I chose to be vaccinated.”
 
LaTonya Beatty Vaughn – Associate of Arts/Addiction Studies Certificate – “Fight the fight! I got vaccinated to save my life and to help save the lives of others.”